Folding ironing table



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Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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FOLDING- IRONING TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 10, 1920. Serial No. 408,300.

To all :whom it may concern:

Be it known that L JAooB W. H. Grass, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Reading in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvementin Folding Ironing Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to folding ironing tables, and it has for one of its objects to provide an ironing table structure which may be collapsed or folded without d1sconnecting any of the parts thereof. y

A further object of my invention is to provide an improvernent in the means of adjusting the supporting legs with relation to each other so as to. effect the raising or lowering of the table as may be desired.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be set forth in the detailed description thereof which follows and will be apparent from such description.

In order that my invention'may be readily understood and its practical advantages fully appreciated, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings in which I have illustrated certain forms of convenient enibodiments thereof. However, it will be un derstood that my invention is susceptible of embodiment within the scope of the claims in other forms than are illustrated in the drawings.

- In the drawings,-

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ironing table showing a preferred form. of embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a central vertical. section taken along the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken along the line 8+3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4: is a perspective view showing the table in collapsed condition, the said view showing the under side or leg structure of the table;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a modified construction. of table embodying my invention.

Referring to the drawings,-1 deslgnates a couple of supporting legs pivotally connected by a connecting'rod or bar 2 to a couple of legs 3. The lower end of the legs of each couple of legs 1 and 3 are connectedby cross rods or'bars 4t and 5. Each couple of legs land 3 may be regarded as constiituting a leg unit. The. upper ends of the legs 1* are pivotally connected by pivotsfi to the opposite ends of a bar 7 which is secured by fastening devices, such as screws 8 to the under side or the table top or board 9. The upper ends of the legs 3 are connected by means of across bar 15. To this cross bar links are pivotally connected, each link comprising an outer link section 16 provided Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

the said connecting cross rod 15. Each of i the short link sections 18 is provided with a longitudinal slot 20 through which a headed screw-thread bolt 21 extends, the said bolt extending through the slot 20 and through an opening 22 in each of the links 16 as best shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings; The openings 22 through the links 16 are situated a distance outwardly irointhe outer ends of the longitudinal slots or openings 17. The

bolts 21 are provided with wing nuts 25 which are adapted to he loosened and tightened for the purpose of permitting relative adjustment; between the link sections 16 and It will be observed by reference to Fi 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, that the connccting rod 15 may be positioned either at the inner-or outer ends of the slots 1'? and obviously at any intermediate point or position therein. Also it will be apparent from an inspection of these figures that when the links are adjusted so as to position the rod 15 at the outer ends of the slotsli as shown in Fig. 8 of the dra wings rthe relatively short link sections 18 are moved outwardly toward the block or bar :26 to the outer ends of which the outer ends of the link sections 16 are pivotally connected by means of pivots 27. The cross bar or block 26 is secured by fastening means, such as a screw or screws 28, to the underneath side of the table top or board 9. The bar 26 is situated at a point intermediate the opposite ends of the table top or board as shown.

its lowermost position above the floor or other support. On the other hand, when the link sections 16 and. lSare adjustedwith respect to each other so that they occupy the relative positions'shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings the leg couples 1 and 3 have in the short link sectionslS and the con necting rod 15 in diiierent corresponding positions, within the slots 17 in the'link sections 16, the table willbe adjusted to heights intermediate the heights shown in Figs. 1 and 2. p

Thelegs 3 are further connected together and braced by means of the cross strips 30.

In order tocoIlapse the table structure and fold the same with the parts in the positions indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the lefthand end of thetableor board, having reference to Figs. 1- and 2 of the draw ings, is raised and simultaneously the upper ends of the legs 3 are turnedpr moved toward the right so as to carry the inner ends of the links comprising the sections 1.6 and 1,8 relatively downwardly and toward the right, again having reference toldigsv 1 and. 2 of the drawings, so that ultimately the said links and both pairs of may be folded flat against the under side oi the table with the upper endsof the legsfl and with the justa'ble. are connected to the connecting cross rod 15 eat, is

inner, ends of the links comprising the sections 16 and 18 occupying positions 21Cl1flcent to theinner side of thebar 7, as clearly shown in Fig. 4% of the drawings.

In Fig. 51 hav shown ainodification of the structure in which the parts 1, 2, 3, 4", 5; 6, 7, 8, 9, 1'5, 26, 27, 28 and 30 are identical with the parts correspondingly numberedin the previous figures of the drawings.

Each oi the links '35, however, consist of single sections or elements which'are not aid- The inner'cndso'f these links 35 at the upper ends of the legs 3, while the outer ends thereof are connected to the pivotsflt. The constructiones shown inthis figure maybe collapsed just as is shown in Fig. 4 but by reason of the fact that the links 35 are fined in length, the table top or board cannot be adjusted to different heights with respect to tlie'floor or othersupport on "which the ironing table may be supported...

Having thus described my inrentionrwl'iat I claim, and desire to securehylietters Pat'- In a folding ironing table, the combinaed to be crossed when in supporting posi- 'tion, the upper end of one of said leg sup ing pivotally -connected at a point interme- V diat'e' their ends, the upper end of one couple of said legs being connected at a fixed point tothetable top, links pivoted to the upper ends oi the legs ofthe other couple and pivotally connected to an intermediate portion of the said table top, a distance ii'om the point of connection of the upper'ends of the legs ofthef other couple to said top", means for adjusting the aivotal connections along said links to'thereby effect raisingor lowerii'ig'ot the said table. p

v are a folding ironing table, the combination of crossed leg units pivotally connected. at their point of crossing, stationary pivotsitor connecting theupper end of" one of said units to the top of said table, means for swingingly connecting an upper end of the other unit to the said table, said means coniprising'a link consisting of two link sections lon itudinall ad ustable with respect to each other, itl'lCllllBttilS for holdingthe said sections in adjusted position.

4t. In afoldingironingtable, the combinatron cit twocou'ples of crossed leg supports, the said couples being pivotally connected at their point of crossing, stationary pivots for connecting the upper ends of the legs of one oi: said couples to the said table, links swingingly connectingthe upper'ends of the,

legs of the other couple to the said table, each link consisting of two sections, one be- .ing'longer than the other, the shorter section beinrr provided with a longitudinally e2:-

tendiug slot, and means for adjustably connecting the said sections togetherythe said means being carried by the longer section and. extending through the slot in the shorter section.

5. In a folding ironing table, the combination of two couples of crossed supporting legs, stationarypivots for connecting the up per ends of the legs oi one "couple to the table top, a cross rod connecting the upper ends of the; legs of the other couple, links for connecting the upper ends of the legs of the last mentioned couple to an intermediate portion. of the table top, each 'linkeompris ing two sections, one section being longer than the other, the longerseotion being provided with a longitudinally extending slot 1,40s,eeo

said connecting rod extends, and the said shorter section being provided With a hole at its inner end through Which the said connecting rod extends and also being provided with a longitudinally extending slot, means for edjustably connecting the sections of each link together, the said means being ear ried by the longer section and extending through the slot in the shorter section, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have hereunto 'set my hand this 13th day of August, 1920. 1

JACOB W. H. GLASS. 

